Buffer.



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BUFFER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28. 1910.

1 Patented July 19, 1910.

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CHARLES BUSS, OF CONWAY, PENNSYLVANIA.

BUFFER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES Boss, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Conway, in the county of Beaver and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBuffers, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in buffersand relates more particularly to buffers of that type which are placedon a railway track to act as a stop for an engine or cars.

The invention has for its object to provide a buffer of the above typewhich may be easily and conveniently attached to the track, and which isyielding in its nature, so as to obviate danger of the car beingderailed when striking the buffer.

The invention consists in the novel construction, combination andarrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more specifically describedand then particularly claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings forming part of this application and wherein likenumerals of reference will be employed to indicate like parts throughoutthe different views, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a buifer constructed in accordance with myinvention applied in position on a railway track. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 4is an end elevation, and, Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional View.

The buffer block or body 10 extends transversely of the track, and onits lower face is provided with recesses 11 which receive the heads ofthe track rails 12. This prevents lateral movement of the bufier withrespect to the rails, but to further present any lateral movement, andalso to assist in securing the buffer block to the track, I provide aplate 14 which engages the underneath face of the block and is of such alength as to fit underneath the rail treads as seen in Fig. 4:, andwhich is rigidly secured to the buffer block by means of bolts 15extending vertically through said buffer block.

Between the ties 16 upon which the rails Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed May 28, 1910.

Patented July 19, 1910. Serial No. 563,870.

12 are laid, I provide, underneath the rails, spacer blocks 17 and Ialso provide a cross tie 18 of greater length than the cross ties 16 sothat the ends of the tie 18 will project beyond the ends of the ties 16.The buifer block or body 10 is yieldingly-oonnected with the said crosstie 18 by rods 19, one at each side of the track, and a central rod 20.These rods extend through the buffer block 10 at an angle to thehorizontal, and some distance beyond the buifer block, being pro videdwith nuts 21 on their outer ends; between these nuts and the bufferblock 10 are coil springs 22, the tension of which may be regulated byadjusting the nuts 21. The other ends of the rods 19, 20 extend throughthe tie 18, and are also provided with nuts 23 and between these nutsand the tie 18 are arranged coil springs 24, the tension of thesesprings being adjusted by means of the nuts 23. In order to prevent theroad ballast from interfering with the proper action of the springs 24,I surround said springs with sleeves 25. Owing to the incline at whichthe rod 20 extends, it is oftentimes necessary to provide the tie 16which lies adjacent to the tie 18 with a recess 26 through which the rod20 extends.

From the above description of the parts the construction of the devicewill it is believed, be clearly evident to those skilled in the art, aswill the operation of the device.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In a buffer ofthe type described, the combination with a track, of a buffer blockextending transversely of the track and engaging the rails thereof, across-tie underneath said rails, and rods extending through the bufferblock and said cross-tie and yieldingly held against movement in bothdirections.

2. In a buffer of the type described, the combination with a track, of abuffer block mounted on the rails of said track and held against lateralmovement thereon, a cross tie underneath the rails, rods extendingthrough the cross-tie and the buffer block at an inclination to thehorizontal, nuts on the upper ends of said rods, and springs ar rangedbetween the nuts and the buffer block.

3. In combination with a track, a bufier In testimony whereof I afiix mysignature block mounted on the rails of the track, a in the presence oftwo Witnesses. plate secured to the underneath face of the buffer blockand engaging under the rail CHARLES BUSS. 5 heads to hold the bufferblock against vertical movement on the rails, a cross-tie un-\Vitnesses:

derneath the rails, and rods extending KARL H. BUTLER,

through the cross-tie and the buffer block. JOHN S. STEPHANY.

